Multi-TTP-based method and device for verifying validity of identity of entity

ABSTRACT

Provided are an entity identity validity verification method and device with multiple trusted third parties being involved. In the application, validity of identities of entities performing mutual identity validity verification can only be verified by different trusted third parties. During the verification process, the trusted third parties that are respectively trusted by the two entities interact with each other, and provide services for mutual identity validity verification between the entities, to complete the identity validity verification between the entities.

The present application is the national phase application of PCTinternational patent application PCT/CN2016/096342, filed on Aug. 23,2016 which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201510654832.X, titled “MULTI-TTP-BASED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VERIFYINGVALIDITY OF IDENTITY OF ENTITY”, filed on Oct. 10, 2015 with the ChineseState Intellectual Property Office, both of which applications areincorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for entityidentity validity verification, and in particular to an entity identityvalidity verification method with multiple trusted third parties beinginvolved and devices therefor.

BACKGROUND

Among methods for identity validity verification between entities, thereis a type of method in which a trusted third party TTP is required to beinvolved and to provide verification services. In such method, a TTPthat can be trusted by both identity validity verification parties isused to provide verification services for both parties being involved inidentity validity verification and feed verification results back toboth entities being involved in identity validity verification, therebyhelping complete mutual identity validity verification between theentities. However, those skilled in the art cannot be instructed tocomplete identity validity verification in some specific environmentswith the method. For example, the specific identity validityverification environment may include a case where mutual identityvalidity verification is required to be performed between the entitiesthat respectively trust different trusted third parties TTPs and thetrusted third parties are required to be involved and to provideverification services. Therefore, it is desired to provide an entityidentity validity verification method to solve the problem.

SUMMARY

In order to solve the problem mentioned in the background part, anentity identity validity verification method with two TTPs beinginvolved is provided according to the present disclosure, to provideservices for mutual identity validity verification between an entity Aand an entity B.

An entity identity validity verification method with multiple TTPs beinginvolved is provided. The method involves an entity A, an entity B, atrusted third party TTP_(A) and a trusted third party TTP_(B). TheTTP_(A) is capable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity A,the TTP_(B) is capable of verifying validity of an identity of theentity B, the entity A trusts the TTP_(A), the entity B trusts theTTP_(B), and the TTP_(A) and the TTP_(B) trust each other. The methodincludes:

step 1) transmitting, by the entity B, a message 1 to the entity A,where the message 1 includes identity information I_(B) of the entity B,and a random number R_(B) generated by the entity B;

step 2) transmitting, by the entity A, a message 2 to the trusted thirdparty TTP_(A) after the entity A receives the message 1, where themessage 2 includes identity information I_(A) of the entity A, a randomnumber R_(A) generated by the entity A, the identity information I_(B)of the entity B, and the random number R_(B);

step 3) after the trusted third party TTP_(A) receives the message 2transmitted by the entity A, verifying, by the trusted third partyTTP_(A), the identity of the entity A based on I_(A), and transmitting,by the trusted third party TTP_(A), a message 3 to the trusted thirdparty TTP_(B), where the message 3 includes a random number R_(TPA)generated by the TTP_(A) and a token TokenTPAB, TokenTPAB includesRes_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and a first signature of the TTP_(A), Res_(A) isa verification result of verifying the entity A by the TTP_(A), andsignature objects of the first signature of the TTP_(A) include Res_(A),I_(B) and R_(B);

step 4) after the TTP_(B) receives the message 3 transmitted by theTTP_(A), verifying, by the TTP_(B), the first signature of the TTP_(A)in TokenTPAB; after the first signature of the TTP_(A) passes theverification performed by the TTP_(B), verifying, by the TTP_(B), theidentity of the entity B based on I_(B), and transmitting, by theTTP_(B), a message 4 to the TTP_(A), where the message 4 includes atoken TokenTPBA, TokenTPBA includes Res_(B), a first signature of theTTP_(B), and a second signature of the TTP_(B), Res_(B) is averification result of verifying the entity B by the TTP_(B), signatureobjects of the first signature of the TTP_(B) include Res_(A) and R_(B),and signature objects of the second signature of the TTP_(B) includeR_(TPA) and Res_(B);

step 5) after the TTP_(A) receives the message 4 transmitted by theTTP_(B), verifying, by the TTP_(A), the second signature of the TTP_(B)in TokenTPBA; after the second signature of the TTP_(B) passes theverification performed by the TTP_(A), checking, by the TTP_(A), whetherR_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random numberR_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B); ifR_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random numberR_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B),constructing a message 5 and transmitting the message 5 to the entity Aby the TTP_(A), where the message 5 includes a token TokenTA, TokenTAincludes Res_(A), Res_(B), a second signature of the TTP_(A), and thefirst signature of the TTP_(B), and signature objects of the secondsignature of the TTP_(A) include Res_(B) and R_(A);

step 6) after the entity A receives the message 5 from the TTP_(A),verifying, by the entity A, the second signature of the TTP_(A) inTokenTA; after the second signature of the TTP_(A) passes theverification performed by the entity A, checking, by the entity A,whether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as the randomnumber R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the entity A to theTTP_(A); if the R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as therandom number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the entity A to theTTP_(A), determining, by the entity A, the validity of the identity ofthe entity B based on the verification result Res_(B), and constructinga message 6 and transmitting the message 6 to the entity B by the entityA, where the message 6 includes the first signature of the TTP_(B); and

step 7) after the entity B receives the message 6, verifying, by theentity B, the first signature of the TTP_(B); after the first signatureof the TTP_(B) passes the verification performed by the entity B,checking, by the entity B, whether R_(B) acquired from the message 6 isthe same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by theentity B to the entity A; if the R_(B) acquired from the message 6 isthe same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by theentity B to the entity A, determining, by the entity B, the validity ofthe identity of the entity A based on the verification result Res_(A).

A first entity identity validity verification device, for performingidentity validity verification together with a second entity identityvalidity verification device with a first trusted third party device anda second trusted third party device being involved, is provided. Thefirst entity identity validity verification device includes:

a processing unit configured to generate a random number R_(A);

a storage unit configured to store identity information I_(A) of thefirst entity identity validity verification device; and

a transceiving unit configured to:

receive a message 1 transmitted by the second entity identity validityverification device and transmit a message 2 to the first trusted thirdparty device, where the message 1 includes identity information I_(B) ofthe second entity identity validity verification device, and a randomnumber R_(B) generated by the second entity identity validityverification device, and the message 2 includes I_(A), R_(A), I_(B) andR_(B);

receive a message 5 transmitted by the first trusted third party deviceand transmit a message 6 to the second entity identity validityverification device, where the message 5 includes a token TokenTA,TokenTA includes Res_(A), Res_(B), a second signature of the firsttrusted third party device, and a first signature of the second trustedthird party device, Res_(A) is a verification result of verifying thefirst entity identity validity verification device by the first trustedthird party device, Res_(B) is a verification result of verifying thesecond entity identity validity verification device by the secondtrusted third party device, signature objects of the second signature ofthe first trusted third party device include Res_(B) and R_(A),signature objects of the first signature of the second trusted thirdparty device include Res_(A) and R_(B), and the message 6 includes thefirst signature of the second trusted third party device, where

the processing unit is further configured to: verify the secondsignature of the first trusted third party device in TokenTA; checkwhether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as the randomnumber R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the first entity identityvalidity verification device to the first trusted third party device;determine validity of an identity of the second entity identity validityverification device based on the verification result Res_(B); andconstruct the message 6.

A second entity identity validity verification device, for performingidentity validity verification together with a first entity identityvalidity verification device with a first trusted third party device anda second trusted third party device being involved, is provided. Thesecond entity identity validity verification device includes:

a processing unit configured to generate a random number R_(B);

a storage unit configured to store identity information I_(B) of thesecond entity identity validity verification device; and

a transceiving unit configured to transmit a message 1 and receive amessage 6 transmitted by the first entity identity validity verificationdevice, where the message 1 includes I_(B) and R_(B), the message 6includes a first signature of the second trusted third party device, andsignature objects of the first signature of the second trusted thirdparty device include Res_(A) and R_(B), Res_(A) is a verification resultof verifying the first entity identity validity verification device bythe first trusted third party device, where

the processing unit is further configured to: verify the first signatureof the second trusted third party device; check whether R_(B) acquiredfrom the message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message1 transmitted by the second entity identity validity verification deviceto the first entity identity validity verification device; and determinevalidity of an identity of the first entity identity validityverification device based on the verification result Res_(A).

A first trusted third party device, for being involved in identityvalidity verification between a first entity identity validityverification device and a second entity identity validity verificationdevice together with a second trusted third party device, is provided.The first trusted third party device includes:

a transceiving unit configured to receive a message 2 transmitted by thefirst entity identity validity verification device, where the message 2includes identity information I_(A) of the first entity identityvalidity verification device, a random number R_(A) generated by thefirst entity identity validity verification device, identity informationI_(B) of the second entity identity validity verification device, and arandom number R_(B) generated by the second entity identity validityverification device; and

a processing unit configured to verify an identity of the first entityidentity validity verification device based on I_(A), where

the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit a message 3 tothe second trusted third party device, where the message 3 includes arandom number R_(TPA) generated by the first trusted third party deviceand a token TokenTPAB, TokenTPAB includes Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and afirst signature of the first trusted third party device, Res_(A) is averification result of verifying the first entity identity validityverification device by the first trusted third party device, andsignature objects of the first signature of the first trusted thirdparty device include Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B);

the transceiving unit is further configured to receive a message 4transmitted by the second trusted third party device, where the message4 includes a token TokenTPBA, TokenTPBA includes Res_(B), a firstsignature of the second trusted third party device, and a secondsignature of the second trusted third party device, Res_(B) is averification result of verifying the second entity identity validityverification device by the second trusted third party device, signatureobjects of the first signature of the second trusted third party deviceinclude Res_(A) and R_(B), and signature objects of the second signatureof the second trusted third party device include R_(TPA) and Res_(B);

the processing unit is further configured to: verify the secondsignature of the second trusted third party device in TokenTPBA; checkwhether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the randomnumber R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the first trusted thirdparty device to the second trusted third party device; and construct amessage 5, where the message 5 includes a token TokenTA, TokenTAincludes Res_(A), Res_(B), a second signature of the first trusted thirdparty device, and the first signature of the second trusted third partydevice, and signature objects of the second signature of the firsttrusted third party device include Res_(B) and R_(A); and

the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit the message 5 tothe first entity identity validity verification device.

A second trusted third party device, for being involved in identityvalidity verification between a first entity identity validityverification device and a second entity identity validity verificationdevice together with a first trusted third party device, is provided.The second trusted third party device includes:

a transceiving unit configured to receive a message 3 transmitted by thefirst trusted third party device, where the message 3 includes a randomnumber R_(TPA) generated by the first trusted third party device and atoken TokenTPAB, TokenTPAB includes Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and a firstsignature of the first trusted third party device, Res_(A) is averification result of verifying the first entity identity validityverification device by the first trusted third party device, I_(B) isidentity information of the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, R_(B) is a random number generated by the second entity identityvalidity verification device, and signature objects of the firstsignature of the first trusted third party device include Res_(A), I_(B)and R_(B); and

a processing unit configured to verify the first signature of the firsttrusted third party device in TokenTPAB and verify an identity of thesecond entity identity validity verification device based on I_(B);where

the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit a message 4 tothe first trusted third party device, where the message 4 includes atoken TokenTPBA, TokenTPBA includes Res_(B), a first signature of thesecond trusted third party device, and a second signature of the secondtrusted third party device, Res_(B) is a verification result ofverifying the second entity identity validity verification device by thesecond trusted third party device, signature objects of the firstsignature of the second trusted third party device include Res_(A) andR_(B), and signature objects of the second signature of the secondtrusted third party device include R_(TPA) and Res_(B).

In the present disclosure, validity of identities of entities performingmutual identity validity verification can only be verified by differenttrusted third parties TTPs. During the verification process, the TTPsthat are respectively trusted by the two entities interact with eachother, and provide services for mutual identity validity verificationbetween the entities, to complete the identity validity verificationbetween the entities. According to the present disclosure, the problemexisting in the identity validity verification process in the case wherethe entities respectively trust different TTPs can be solved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate embodiments of the presentdisclosure or technical solutions in the conventional technology, thedrawings, which are to be used in the description of the embodiments orthe conventional technology, are briefly described. It is apparent that,the drawings in the following description show only some embodiments ofthe present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained by thoseskilled in the art from the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an identity validity verificationmethod with multiple TTPs being involved according to a preferredembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first entity identity validityverification device according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second entity identity validityverification device according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a first trusted third party deviceaccording to the present disclosure; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second trusted third party deviceaccording to the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The method according to the present disclosure involves entities A and Bas well as trusted third parties TTP_(A) and TTP_(B). The TTP_(A) iscapable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity A, and theTTP_(B) is capable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity B.The entity A trusts the TTP_(A), and the entity B trusts the TTP_(B).Connections between the entities and the TTPs in the identity validityverification process according to the present disclosure may bedescribed as follows. The entity B is only connected to the entity A,the entity A is connected to the entity B and the trusted third partyTTP_(A), the trusted third party TTP_(A) is connected to the entity Aand the trusted third party TTP_(B), and the trusted third party TTP_(B)is only connected to the trusted third party TTP_(A).

Referring to FIG. 1, an entity identity validity verification methodwith multiple TTPs being involved is provided according to the presentdisclosure. The method involves an entity A, an entity B, a trustedthird party TTP_(A) and a trusted third party TTP_(B). The TTP_(A) iscapable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity A, and theTTP_(B) is capable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity B.The entity A trusts the TTP_(A), and the entity B trusts the TTP_(B).The method includes the following steps 1) to 7).

In step 1), the entity B transmits a message 1 to the entity A. Themessage 1 includes identity information I_(B) of the entity B, and arandom number R_(B) generated by the entity B.

In step 2), after the entity A receives the message 1, the entity Atransmits a message 2 to the trusted third party TTP_(A). The message 2includes identity information I_(A) of the entity A, a random numberR_(A) generated by the entity A, the identity information I_(B) of theentity B, and the random number R_(B).

In step 3), after the trusted third party TTP_(A) receives the message 2transmitted by the entity A, the trusted third party TTP_(A) verifiesthe identity of the entity A based on I_(A), and transmits a message 3to the trusted third party TTP_(B). The message 3 includes a randomnumber R_(TPA) generated by the TTP_(A) and a token TokenTPAB. TokenTPABincludes Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and a first signature of the TTP_(A).Res_(A) is a verification result of verifying the entity A by theTTP_(A). Signature objects of the first signature of the TTP_(A) includeRes_(A), I_(B) and R_(B).

In step 4), after the TTP_(B) receives the message 3 transmitted by theTTP_(A), the TTP_(B) verifies the first signature of the TTP_(A) inTokenTPAB; and after the first signature of the TTP_(A) passes theverification performed by the TTP_(B), the TTP_(B) verifies the identityof the entity B based on I_(B), and the TTP_(B) transmits a message 4 tothe TTP_(A). The message 4 includes a token TokenTPBA. TokenTPBAincludes Res_(B), a first signature of the TTP_(B), and a secondsignature of the TTP_(B). Res_(B) is a verification result of verifyingthe entity B by the TTP_(B). Signature objects of the first signature ofthe TTP_(B) include Res_(A) and R_(B), and signature objects of thesecond signature of the TTP_(B) include R_(TPA) and Res_(B).

In step 5), after the TTP_(A) receives the message 4 transmitted by theTTP_(B), the TTP_(A) verifies the second signature of the TTP_(B) inTokenTPBA; after the second signature of the TTP_(B) passes theverification performed by the TTP_(A), the TTP_(A) checks whetherR_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random numberR_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B); ifR_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random numberR_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B), theTTP_(A) constructs a message 5 and transmits the message 5 to the entityA. The message 5 includes a token TokenTA. TokenTA includes Res_(A),Res_(B), a second signature of the TTP_(A), and the first signature ofthe TTP_(B). Signature objects of the second signature of the TTP_(A)include Res_(B) and R_(A).

In step 6), after the entity A receives the message 5 from the TTP_(A),the entity A verifies the second signature of the TTP_(A) in TokenTA;after the second signature of the TTP_(A) passes the verificationperformed by the entity A, the entity A checks whether R_(A) acquiredfrom the message 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message2 transmitted by the entity A to the TTP_(A); if the R_(A) acquired fromthe message 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message 2transmitted by the entity A to the TTP_(A), the entity A determines thevalidity of the identity of the entity B based on the verificationresult Res_(B) and constructs a message 6 and transmits the message 6 tothe entity B. The message 6 includes the first signature of the TTP_(B).

In step 7), after the entity B receives the message 6, the entity Bverifies the first signature of the TTP_(B); after the first signatureof the TTP_(B) passes the verification performed by the entity B, theentity B checks whether R_(B) acquired from the message 6 is the same asthe random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by the entity B tothe entity A; if the R_(B) acquired from the message 6 is the same asthe random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by the entity B tothe entity A, the entity B determines the validity of the identity ofthe entity A based on the verification result Res_(A).

Thus, mutual identity validity verification between the entity A and theentity B is completed.

Specifically, a process that the trusted third party TTP_(A) verifiesthe identity of the entity A based on I_(A) after the trusted thirdparty TTP_(A) receives the message 2 transmitted by the entity A in step3) described above may be performed as follows. In a case that I_(A) isa distinguisher of the entity A, the TTP_(A) extracts a public key P_(A)of the entity A, in this case, Res_(A) includes P_(A). In a case thatI_(A) is a certificate Cert_(A) of the entity A, the TTP_(A) checksvalidity of Cert_(A), in this case, Res_(A) includes a validity state ofCert_(A). If the TTP_(A) is incapable of acquiring the public key or thevalidity of the certificate of the entity A, Res_(A) includes contentindicating failed verification.

Specifically, a process that the trusted third party TTP_(B) verifiesthe identity of the entity B based on I_(B) after the trusted thirdparty TTP_(B) receives the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) in step4) described above may be performed as follows. In a case that I_(B) isa distinguisher of the entity B, the TTP_(B) extracts a public key P_(B)of the entity B, in this case, Res_(B) includes P_(B). In a case thatI_(B) is a certificate Cert_(B) of the entity B, the TTP_(B) checksvalidity of Cert_(B), in this case, Res_(B) includes a validity state ofCert_(B). If the TTP_(B) is incapable of acquiring the public key or thevalidity of the certificate of the entity B, Res_(B) includes contentindicating failed verification.

Specifically, in step 3), the TTP_(A) may not generate the random numberR_(TPA), and R_(TPA) in the message 3 may be directly replaced with therandom number R_(A) which is generated by the entity A and transmittedto the TTP_(A). In the subsequent step 4) and step 5), R_(TPA) may alsobe replaced with R_(A). In this way, the TTP_(A) is not required togenerate any random number while security is hardly affected, therebyreducing calculation complexity of the TTP_(A), and improving efficiencyof the system.

Specifically, in step 5), step 6), and step 7), if the signature doesnot pass the verification with respect to the signature or it isdetermined that the random numbers are different from each other, awell-known process in the art, such as discarding a correspondingmessage or terminating the identity validity verification process, maybe performed.

As well-known technologies in the art, digital signature algorithmsinclude a signature algorithm with message recovery, a signaturealgorithm without message recovery, and the like. If a target field canbe recovered during a signature verification process, the signatureverifier may recover the target field directly from the signature in thecase that the signature passes the verification with respect to thesignature. If the target field cannot be recovered during the signatureverification process, those skilled in the art usually may set that thetarget field is carried in a message, and the signature verifier mayacquire the target field directly from the message. Taking step 5)described above as an example, in a case that the TTP_(A) is capable ofrecovering a target field R_(TPA) when TTP_(A) verifies the secondsignature of the TTP_(B), the TTP_(A) may recover R_(TPA) directly fromthe signature after the signature passes verification performed by theTTP_(A). In addition, in a case that the TTP_(A) is incapable ofrecovering the target field R_(TPA) when the TTP_(A) verifies thesignature, R_(TPA) is directly carried in the message 4, and the TTP_(A)may acquire R_(TPA) directly from the message 4.

Further, in order to prevent the entity A and the entity B from beingimpersonated during the identity verification process, an operation ofmutual signature verification between the entity A and the entity B mayfurther be added to the method embodiment. The operation may beperformed with being independent with steps 1) to 7) in the methodembodiment, or may be performed in combination with steps 1) to 7) inthe method embodiment. The operation can be performed more efficientlyin the combination manner. Preferably, two implementations for combiningthe signature verification operation with steps 1) to 7) in the methodembodiment are provided according to the present disclosure.

In a first implementation, before step 1) in the method embodiment, step0) is further included. In step 0), the entity A transmits a message 0to the entity B. The message 0 includes the identity information I_(A)of the entity A, and a random number R_(A)′ generated by the entity A.In addition, a token TokenBA including a signature of the entity B isadded to the message 1 according to the method. Signature objects of thesignature of the entity B include R_(A)′, R_(B), an identifier of theentity A, and an identifier of the entity B. In step 6), after theentity A determines the validity of the identity of the entity B basedon Res_(B), the entity A verifies the signature of the entity B acquiredfrom the message 1; after the signature of the entity B passes theverification performed by the entity A, the entity A checks whetherR_(A)′ acquired from the message 1 is the same as the random numberR_(A)′ in the message 0 transmitted by the entity A to the entity B, andthus authentication with respect to the entity B is completed. Inaddition, a token TokenAB including a signature of the entity A is addedto the message 6. Signature objects of the signature of the entity Ainclude R_(A)′, R_(B), the identifier of the entity A, and theidentifier of the entity B. In step 7), after the entity B determinesthe validity of the identity of the entity A based on Res_(A), theentity B verifies the signature of the entity A acquired from themessage 6; after the signature of the entity A passes the verificationperformed by the entity B, the entity B checks whether R_(B) acquiredfrom the message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message1 transmitted by the entity B to the entity A, and thus authenticationwith respect to the entity A is completed.

In a second implementation, a token TokenAB including a random numberR_(A)′ generated by the entity A and a signature of the entity A isadded to the message 6. Signature objects of the signature of the entityA include R_(A)′, R_(B), an identifier of the entity A, and anidentifier of the entity B. In step 7), after the entity B determinesthe validity of the identity of the entity A based on Res_(A), theentity B verifies the signature of the entity A acquired from themessage 6; after the signature of the entity A passes the verificationperformed by the entity B, the entity B checks whether R_(B) acquiredfrom the message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message1 transmitted by the entity B to the entity A, and thus authenticationwith respect to the entity A is completed. In addition, after step 7),step 8) and step 9) are added to the method embodiment. In step 8), theentity B transmits a message 7 to the entity A. The message 7 includes atoken TokenBA including a signature of the entity B. Signature objectsof the signature of the entity B include R_(A)′, R_(B), an identifier ofthe entity A, and an identifier of the entity B. In step 9), after theentity A receives the message 7, the entity A verifies the signature ofthe entity B; after the signature of the entity B passes theverification performed by the entity A, the entity A checks whetherR_(A)′ acquired from the message 7 is the same as the random numberR_(A)′ in the message 6 transmitted by the entity A to the entity B, andthus authentication with respect to the entity B is completed.

Referring to FIG. 2, based on the entity identity validity verificationmethod described above, a first entity identity validity verificationdevice, for performing identity validity verification together with asecond entity identity validity verification device with a first trustedthird party device and a second trusted third party device beinginvolved, is further provided according to the present disclosure. Thefirst entity identity validity verification device includes a storageunit 11, a transceiving unit 12 and a processing unit 13.

The processing unit 13 is configured to generate a random number R_(A).

The storage unit 11 is configured to store identity information I_(A) ofthe first entity identity validity verification device.

The transceiving unit 12 is configured to receive a message 1transmitted by the second entity identity validity verification deviceand transmit a message 2 to the first trusted third party device. Themessage 1 includes identity information I_(B) of the second entityidentity validity verification device, and a random number R_(B)generated by the second entity identity validity verification device.The message 2 includes I_(A), R_(A), I_(B) and R_(B).

The transceiving unit 12 is further configured to receive a message 5transmitted by the first trusted third party device and transmit amessage 6 to the second entity identity validity verification device.The message 5 includes a token TokenTA. TokenTA includes Res_(A),Res_(B), a second signature of the first trusted third party device, anda first signature of the second trusted third party device. Res_(A) is averification result of verifying the first entity identity validityverification device by the first trusted third party device, and Res_(B)is a verification result of verifying the second entity identityvalidity verification device by the second trusted third party device.Signature objects of the second signature of the first trusted thirdparty device include Res_(B) and R_(A), and signature objects of thefirst signature of the second trusted third party device include Res_(A)and R_(B). The message 6 includes the first signature of the secondtrusted third party device.

The processing unit 13 is further configured to: verify the secondsignature of the first trusted third party device in TokenTA; checkwhether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as the randomnumber R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the first entity identityvalidity verification device to the first trusted third party device;determine validity of an identity of the second entity identity validityverification device based on the verification result Res_(B); andconstruct the message 6.

Referring to FIG. 3, based on the entity identity validity verificationmethod described above, a second entity identity validity verificationdevice, for performing identity validity verification together with afirst entity identity validity verification device with a first trustedthird party device and a second trusted third party device beinginvolved, is further provided according to the present disclosure. Thesecond entity identity validity verification device includes a storageunit 21, a transceiving unit 22 and a processing unit 23.

The processing unit 23 is configured to generate a random number R_(B).

The storage unit 21 is configured to store identity information I_(B) ofthe second entity identity validity verification device.

The transceiving unit 22 is configured to transmit a message 1 andreceive a message 6 transmitted by the first entity identity validityverification device. The message 1 includes I_(B) and R_(B). The message6 includes a first signature of the second trusted third party device.Signature objects of the first signature of the second trusted thirdparty device include Res_(A) and R_(B). Res_(A) is a verification resultof verifying the first entity identity validity verification device bythe first trusted third party device.

The processing unit 23 is further configured to: verify the firstsignature of the second trusted third party device; check whether R_(B)acquired from the message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) inthe message 1 transmitted by the second entity identity validityverification device to the first entity identity validity verificationdevice; and determine validity of an identity of the first entityidentity validity verification device based on the verification resultRes_(A).

Referring to FIG. 4, based on the entity identity validity verificationmethod described above, a first trusted third party device, for beinginvolved in identity validity verification between a first entityidentity validity verification device and a second entity identityvalidity verification device together with a second trusted third partydevice, is further provided according to the present disclosure. Thefirst trusted third party device includes a transceiving unit 31 and aprocessing unit 32.

The transceiving unit 31 is configured to receive a message 2transmitted by the first entity identity validity verification device.The message 2 includes identity information I_(A) of the first entityidentity validity verification device, a random number R_(A) generatedby the first entity identity validity verification device, identityinformation I_(B) of the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and a random number R_(B) generated by the second entityidentity validity verification device.

The processing unit 32 is configured to verify an identity of the firstentity identity validity verification device based on I_(A).

The transceiving unit 31 is further configured to transmit a message 3to the second trusted third party device. The message 3 includes arandom number R_(TPA) generated by the first trusted third party deviceand a token TokenTPAB. TokenTPAB includes Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and afirst signature of the first trusted third party device. Res_(A) is averification result of verifying the first entity identity validityverification device by the first trusted third party device. Signatureobjects of the first signature of the first trusted third party deviceinclude Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B).

The transceiving unit 31 is further configured to receive a message 4transmitted by the second trusted third party device. The message 4includes a token TokenTPBA. TokenTPBA includes Res_(B), a firstsignature of the second trusted third party device, and a secondsignature of the second trusted third party device. Res_(B) is averification result of verifying the second entity identity validityverification device by the second trusted third party device. Signatureobjects of the first signature of the second trusted third party deviceinclude Res_(A) and R_(B), and signature objects of the second signatureof the second trusted third party device include R_(TPA) and Res_(B).

The processing unit 32 is further configured to: verify the secondsignature of the second trusted third party device in TokenTPBA; checkwhether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the randomnumber R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the first trusted thirdparty device to the second trusted third party device; and construct amessage 5. The message 5 includes a token TokenTA. TokenTA includesRes_(A), Res_(B), a second signature of the first trusted third partydevice, and the first signature of the second trusted third partydevice. Signature objects of the second signature of the first trustedthird party device include Res_(B) and R_(A).

The transceiving unit 31 is further configured to transmit the message 5to the first entity identity validity verification device.

Specifically, in a process that the first trusted third party deviceTTP_(A) verifies the identity of the first entity identity validityverification device based on I_(A) after the message 2 transmitted bythe first entity identity validity verification device is received bythe first trusted third party device TTP_(A), the processing unit 32 maybe further configured to:

extract a public key P_(A) of the first entity identity validityverification device in a case that I_(A) is a distinguisher of the firstentity identity validity verification device; and

check validity of a certificate Cert_(A) of the first entity identityvalidity verification device in a case that I_(A) is the certificateCert_(A) of the first entity identity validity verification device.

Referring to FIG. 5, based on the entity identity validity verificationmethod described above, a second trusted third party device, for beinginvolved in identity validity verification between a first entityidentity validity verification device and a second entity identityvalidity verification device together with a first trusted third partydevice, is further provided according to the present disclosure. Thesecond trusted third party device includes a transceiving unit 41 and aprocessing unit 42.

The transceiving unit 41 is configured to receive a message 3transmitted by the first trusted third party device. The message 3includes a random number R_(TPA) generated by the first trusted thirdparty device and a token TokenTPAB. TokenTPAB includes Res_(A), I_(B),R_(B), and a first signature of the first trusted third party device.Res_(A) is a verification result of verifying the first entity identityvalidity verification device by the first trusted third party device.I_(B) is identity information of the second entity identity validityverification device. R_(B) is a random number generated by the secondentity identity validity verification device. Signature objects of thefirst signature of the first trusted third party device include Res_(A),I_(B) and R_(B).

The processing unit 42 is configured to verify the first signature ofthe first trusted third party device in TokenTPAB and verify an identityof the second entity identity validity verification device based onI_(B).

The transceiving unit 41 is further configured to transmit a message 4to the first trusted third party device. The message 4 includes a tokenTokenTPBA. TokenTPBA includes Res_(B), a first signature of the secondtrusted third party device, and a second signature of the second trustedthird party device. Res_(B) is a verification result of verifying thesecond entity identity validity verification device by the secondtrusted third party device. Signature objects of the first signature ofthe second trusted third party device include Res_(A) and R_(B), andsignature objects of the second signature of the second trusted thirdparty device include R_(TPA) and Res_(B).

Specifically, in a process that the second trusted third party deviceverifies the identity of the second entity identity validityverification device based on I_(B) after the message 3 transmitted bythe first trusted third party device is received by the second trustedthird party device, the processing unit 42 may be further configured to:

extract a public key P_(B) of the second entity identity validityverification device in a case that I_(B) is a distinguisher of thesecond entity identity validity verification device; and

check validity of a certificate Cert_(B) of the second entity identityvalidity verification device in a case that I_(B) is the certificateCert_(B) of the second entity identity validity verification device.

It should be noted that the devices according to the present disclosurecorrespond to the entities in the method embodiment according to thepresent disclosure, respectively. Specifically, the first entityidentity validity verification device includes the entity A, the secondentity identity validity verification device includes the entity B, thefirst trusted third party device includes the trusted third partyTTP_(A), and the second trusted third party device includes the trustedthird party TTP_(B). Therefore, a system formed by the devices accordingto the present disclosure with reference to FIG. 1 can implement themethod according to the present disclosure. It should be understood bythose skilled in the art that the specific configuration of each devicehas been shown in the device embodiment, and operation details thereofalso correspond to the method embodiment, which are not described indetail herein.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodimentsof the present disclosure may be implemented as a method, a system or acomputer program product.

Therefore, the present disclosure may be implemented by only hardwareembodiments, only software embodiments or embodiments combining softwarewith hardware. Alternatively, the present disclosure may be implementedas computer program products implemented on one or more computeravailable storage mediums (including but not limited to a magnetic diskmemory, CD-ROM and an optical memory or the like) including computeravailable program codes.

The present disclosure is described with reference to flowcharts and/orblock diagrams of the methods, devices (systems) and computer programproducts according to the present disclosure. It should be understoodthat, each flow and/or block in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams anda combination of flows and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or blockdiagrams may be implemented by computer program instructions. Thecomputer program instructions may be provided to a general-purposecomputer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor or processors ofother programmable data processing devices to generate a machine, suchthat the instructions executed by the computer or the processors of theother programmable data processing devices generate a device forimplementing functions specified in one or more flows of the flowchartsand/or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

The computer program instructions may also be stored in a computerreadable memory which can guide the computer or other programmable dataprocessing devices to operate in a certain manner, such that theinstructions stored in the computer readable memory generate a productincluding an instruction device which implements functions specified inone or more flows of the flowcharts and/or one or more blocks of theblock diagrams.

The computer program instructions may also be loaded to the computer orother programmable data processing devices, such that the computer orother programmable devices perform a series of operation steps togenerate processing implemented by the computer, and thus theinstructions executed on the computer or other programmable devicesprovide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or moreflows of the flowcharts and/or one or more blocks of the block diagrams.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure aredescribed, those skilled in the art may make additional changes andmodifications to the embodiments once they know the basic creativeconcepts. Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be explained asincluding the preferred embodiments and all changes and modificationsfalling within the scope of the present disclosure.

Apparently, those skilled in the art may make various changes andvariations to the present disclosure without departing from the spiritand scope of the present disclosure. In this case, if the changes andvariations of the present disclosure fall within the scope of the claimsof the present disclosure and equivalent technologies thereof, thepresent disclosure is intended to include the changes and variations.

The invention claimed is:
 1. An entity identity validity verificationmethod with a plurality of trusted third parties (TTPs) being involved,wherein the method involves an entity A, an entity B, a trusted thirdparty TTP_(A) and a trusted third party TTP_(B), the TTP_(A) is capableof verifying validity of an identity of the entity A, the TTP_(B) iscapable of verifying validity of an identity of the entity B, the entityA trusts the TTP_(A), the entity B trusts the TTP_(B), and wherein themethod comprises: step 1) transmitting, by the entity B, a message 1 tothe entity A, wherein the message 1 comprises identity information I_(B)of the entity B, and a random number R_(B) generated by the entity B;step 2) transmitting, by the entity A, a message 2 to the trusted thirdparty TTP_(A) after the entity A receives the message 1, wherein themessage 2 comprises identity information I_(A) of the entity A, a randomnumber R_(A) generated by the entity A, the identity information I_(B)of the entity B, and the random number R_(B); step 3) after the trustedthird party TTP_(A) receives the message 2 transmitted by the entity A,verifying, by the trusted third party TTP_(A), the identity of theentity A based on I_(A), and transmitting, by the trusted third partyTTP_(A), a message 3 to the trusted third party TTP_(B), wherein themessage 3 comprises a random number R_(TPA) generated by the TTP_(A) anda token TokenTPAB, wherein TokenTPAB comprises Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B),and a first signature of the TTP_(A), wherein Res_(A) is a verificationresult of verifying the entity A by the TTP_(A), and signature objectsof the first signature of the TTP_(A) comprise Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B);step 4) after the TTP_(B) receives the message 3 transmitted by theTTP_(A), verifying, by the TTP_(B), the first signature of the TTP_(A)in TokenTPAB; after the first signature of the TTP_(A) passes theverification performed by the TTP_(B), verifying, by the TTP_(B), theidentity of the entity B based on I_(B), and transmitting, by theTTP_(B), a message 4 to the TTP_(A), wherein the message 4 comprises atoken TokenTPBA, wherein TokenTPBA comprises Res_(B), a first signatureof the TTP_(B), and a second signature of the TTP_(B), wherein Res_(B)is a verification result of verifying the entity B by the TTP_(B),signature objects of the first signature of the TTP_(B) comprise Res_(A)and R_(B), and signature objects of the second signature of the TTP_(B)comprise R_(TPA) and Res_(B); step 5) after the TTP_(A) receives themessage 4 transmitted by the TTP_(B), verifying, by the TTP_(A), thesecond signature of the TTP_(B) in TokenTPBA; after the second signatureof the TTP_(B) passes the verification performed by the TTP_(A),checking, by the TTP_(A), whether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 isthe same as the random number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted bythe TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B); if R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 isthe same as the random number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted bythe TTP_(A) to the TTP_(B), constructing a message 5 and transmittingthe message 5 to the entity A by the TTP_(A), wherein the message 5comprises a token TokenTA, wherein TokenTA comprises Res_(A), Res_(B), asecond signature of the TTP_(A), and the first signature of the TTP_(B),wherein signature objects of the second signature of the TTP_(A)comprise Res_(B) and R_(A); step 6) after the entity A receives themessage 5 from the TTP_(A), verifying, by the entity A, the secondsignature of the TTP_(A) in TokenTA; after the second signature of theTTP_(A) passes the verification performed by the entity A, checking, bythe entity A, whether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same asthe random number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the entity A tothe TTP_(A); if the R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as therandom number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the entity A to theTTP_(A), determining, by the entity A, the validity of the identity ofthe entity B based on the verification result Res_(B), and constructinga message 6 and transmitting the message 6 to the entity B by the entityA, wherein the message 6 comprises the first signature of the TTP_(B);and step 7) after the entity B receives the message 6, verifying, by theentity B, the first signature of the TTP_(B); after the first signatureof the TTP_(B) passes the verification performed by the entity B,checking, by the entity B, whether R_(B) acquired from the message 6 isthe same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by theentity B to the entity A; if the R_(B) acquired from the message 6 isthe same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by theentity B to the entity A, determining, by the entity B, the validity ofthe identity of the entity A based on the verification result Res_(A).2. The entity identity validity verification method according to claim1, wherein the trusted third party TTP_(A) verifying the identity of theentity A based on I_(A) after the trusted third party TTP_(A) receivesthe message 2 transmitted by the entity A in step 3) comprises: in acase that I_(A) is a distinguisher of the entity A, extracting, by theTTP_(A), a public key P_(A) of the entity A, wherein Res_(A) comprisesP_(A); and in a case that I_(A) is a certificate Cert_(A) of the entityA, checking, by the TTP_(A), validity of the Cert_(A), wherein Res_(A)comprises a validity state of Cert_(A); wherein if the TTP_(A) isincapable of acquiring the public key or the validity of the certificateof the entity A, Res_(A) comprises content indicating failedverification.
 3. The entity identity validity verification methodaccording to claim 2, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3), 4) and 5) is replacedwith R_(A).
 4. The entity identity validity verification methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the trusted third party TTP_(B) verifyingthe identity of the entity B based on I_(B) after the trusted thirdparty TTP_(B) receives the message 3 transmitted by the TTP_(A) in step4) comprises: in a case that I_(B) is a distinguisher of the entity B,extracting, by the TTP_(B), a public key P_(B) of the entity B, whereinRes_(B) comprises P_(B); and in a case that I_(B) is a certificateCert_(B) of the entity B, checking, by the TTP_(B), validity of theCert_(B), wherein Res_(B) comprises a validity state of Cert_(B);wherein if the TTP_(B) is incapable of acquiring the public key or thevalidity of the certificate of the entity B, Res_(B) comprises contentindicating failed verification.
 5. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 4, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3),4) and 5) is replaced with R_(A).
 6. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 1, wherein the TTP_(A) acquiringR_(TPA) from the message 4 in step 5) comprises: recovering, by theTTP_(A), R_(TPA) directly from the second signature of the TTP_(B) afterthe second signature of the TTP_(B) passes verification performed by theTTP_(A), in a case that the TTP_(A) is capable of recovering R_(TPA)from the second signature of the TTP_(B) when TTP_(A) verifies thesecond signature of the TTP_(B); and acquiring, by the TTP_(A), R_(TPA)directly from the message 4 comprising an R_(TPA) field, in a case thatthe TTP_(A) is incapable of recovering R_(TPA) from the second signatureof the TTP_(B) when the TTP_(A) verifies the second signature of theTTP_(B); the entity A acquiring R_(A) from the message 5 in step 6)comprises: recovering, by the entity A, R_(A) directly from the secondsignature of the TTP_(A) after the second signature of the TTP_(A)passes verification performed by the entity A, in a case that the entityA is capable of recovering R_(A) from the second signature of theTTP_(A) when the entity A verifies the second signature of the TTP_(A);and acquiring, by the entity A, R_(A) directly from the message 5comprising an R_(A) field, in a case that the entity A is incapable ofrecovering R_(A) from the second signature of the TTP_(A) when theentity A verifies the second signature of the TTP_(A); and the entity Bacquiring R_(B) from the message 6 in step 7) comprises: recovering, bythe entity B, R_(B) directly from the first signature of the TTP_(B)after the first signature of the TTP_(B) passes verification performedby the entity B, in a case that the entity B is capable of recoveringR_(B) from the first signature of the TTP_(B) when the entity B verifiesthe first signature of the TTP_(B); and acquiring, by the entity B,R_(B) directly from the message 6 comprising an R_(B) field, in a casethat the entity B is incapable of recovering R_(B) from the firstsignature of the TTP_(B) when the entity B verifies the first signatureof the TTP_(B).
 7. The entity identity validity verification methodaccording to claim 6, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3), 4) and 5) is replacedwith R_(A).
 8. The entity identity validity verification methodaccording to claim 1, further comprising: verifying, by the entity A, asignature of the entity B, and verifying, by the entity B, a signatureof the entity A, wherein the method further comprises step 0) beforestep 1), step 0) comprises: transmitting, by the entity A, a message 0to the entity B, wherein the message 0 comprises the identityinformation I_(A) of the entity A, and a random number R_(A)′ generatedby the entity A; and wherein a token TokenBA comprising a signature ofthe entity B is added to the message 1, and signature objects of thesignature of the entity B comprise R_(A)′, R_(B), an identifier of theentity A, and an identifier of the entity B; after the entity Adetermines the validity of the identity of the entity B based on Res_(B)in step 6), step 6) further comprises: verifying, by the entity A, thesignature of the entity B acquired from the message 1; after thesignature of the entity B passes the verification performed by theentity A, checking, by the entity A, whether R_(A)′ acquired from themessage 1 is the same as the random number R_(A)′ in the message 0transmitted by the entity A to the entity B, to complete authenticationwith respect to the entity B; wherein a token TokenAB comprising asignature of the entity A is added to the message 6, and signatureobjects of the signature of the entity A comprise R_(A)′, R_(B), theidentifier of the entity A, and the identifier of the entity B; andafter the entity B determines the validity of the identity of the entityA based on Res_(A) in step 7), step 7) further comprises: verifying, bythe entity B, the signature of the entity A acquired from the message 6;after the signature of the entity A passes the verification performed bythe entity B, checking, by the entity B, whether R_(B) acquired from themessage 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1transmitted by the entity B to the entity A, to complete authenticationwith respect to the entity A.
 9. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 8, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3),4) and 5) is replaced with R_(A).
 10. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 1, further comprising: verifying,by the entity A, a signature of the entity B, and verifying, by theentity B, a signature of the entity A, wherein a token TokenABcomprising a random number R_(A)′ generated by the entity A and asignature of the entity A is added to the message 6, and signatureobjects of the signature of the entity A comprise R_(A)′, R_(B), anidentifier of the entity A, and an identifier of the entity B; after theentity B determines the validity of the identity of the entity A basedon Res_(A) in step 7), step 7) further comprises: verifying, by theentity B, the signature of the entity A acquired from the message 6;after the signature of the entity A passes the verification performed bythe entity B, checking, by the entity B, whether R_(B) acquired from themessage 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1transmitted by the entity B to the entity A, to complete authenticationwith respect to the entity A; and the method further comprises step 8)and step 9) after step 7), wherein step 8) comprises: transmitting, bythe entity B, a message 7 to the entity A, wherein the message 7comprises a token TokenBA comprising a signature of the entity B, andsignature objects of the signature of the entity B comprise R_(A)′,R_(B), an identifier of the entity A, and an identifier of the entity B;and step 9) comprises: after the entity A receives the message 7,verifying, by the entity A, the signature of the entity B; after thesignature of the entity B passes the verification performed by theentity A, checking, by the entity A, whether R_(A)′ acquired from themessage 7 is the same as the random number R_(A)′ in the message 6transmitted by the entity A to the entity B, to complete authenticationwith respect to the entity B.
 11. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 10, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3),4) and 5) is replaced with R_(A).
 12. The entity identity validityverification method according to claim 1, wherein R_(TPA) in steps 3),4) and 5) is replaced with R_(A).
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A first entity identity validityverification device for performing identity validity verificationtogether with a second entity identity validity verification device witha first trusted third party device and a second trusted third partydevice being involved, the first entity identity validity verificationdevice comprising: a processing unit configured to generate a randomnumber R_(A); a storage unit configured to store identity informationI_(A) of the first entity identity validity verification device; and atransceiving unit configured to: receive a message 1 transmitted by thesecond entity identity validity verification device and transmit amessage 2 to the first trusted third party device, wherein the message 1comprises identity information I_(B) of the second entity identityvalidity verification device, and a random number R_(B) generated by thesecond entity identity validity verification device, and the message 2comprises I_(A), R_(A), I_(B) and R_(B); receive a message 5 transmittedby the first trusted third party device and transmit a message 6 to thesecond entity identity validity verification device, wherein the message5 comprises a token TokenTA, wherein TokenTA comprises Res_(A), Res_(B),a second signature of the first trusted third party device, and a firstsignature of the second trusted third party device, wherein Res_(A) is averification result of verifying the first entity identity validityverification device by the first trusted third party device, Res_(B) isa verification result of verifying the second entity identity validityverification device by the second trusted third party device, signatureobjects of the second signature of the first trusted third party devicecomprise Res_(B) and R_(A), signature objects of the first signature ofthe second trusted third party device comprise Res_(A) and R_(B), andthe message 6 comprises the first signature of the second trusted thirdparty device, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:verify the second signature of the first trusted third party device inTokenTA; check whether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same asthe random number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the first entityidentity validity verification device to the first trusted third partydevice; determine validity of an identity of the second entity identityvalidity verification device based on the verification result Res_(B);and construct the message 6, wherein the message 6 transmitted by thetransceiving unit is constructed as follows, the message 1 transmittedby the second entity identity validity verification device to thetransceiving unit is used by the first entity identity validityverification device to construct the message 2; the message 2 istransmitted by the transceiving unit to the first trusted third partydevice, and the first trusted third party device verifies the identityof the first entity identity validity verification device based onI_(A), and the first trusted third party device constructs a message 3based on the message 2, wherein the message 3 comprises a random numberR_(TPA) generated by the first trusted third party device and a tokenTokenTPAB, wherein TokenTPAB comprises Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and afirst signature of the first trusted third party device, whereinsignature objects of the first signature of the first trusted thirdparty device comprise Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B); the message 3 istransmitted by the first trusted third party device to the secondtrusted third party device, and the second trusted third party deviceverifies the first signature of the first trusted third party device inTokenTPAB; after the first signature of the first trusted third partydevice passes the verification performed by the second trusted thirdparty device, the second trusted third party device verifies theidentity of the second entity identity validity verification devicebased on I_(B), and the second trusted third party device constructs amessage 4 based on the message 3, wherein the message 4 comprises atoken TokenTPBA, wherein TokenTPBA comprises Res_(B), a first signatureof the second trusted third party device, and a second signature of thesecond trusted third party device, wherein signature objects of thesecond signature of the second trusted third party device compriseR_(TPA) and Res_(B); the message 4 is transmitted by the second trustedthird party device to the first trusted third party device, and thefirst trusted third party device verifies the second signature of thesecond trusted third party device in TokenTPBA; after the secondsignature of the second trusted third party device passes theverification performed by the first trusted third party device, thefirst trusted third party device checks whether R_(TPA) acquired fromthe message 4 is the same as the random number R_(TPA) in the message 3transmitted by the first trusted third party device to the secondtrusted third party device; if R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 isthe same as the random number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted bythe first trusted third party device to the second trusted third partydevice, the first trusted third party device constructs the message 5based on the message 4; the message 5 is transmitted by the firsttrusted third party device to the transceiving unit, and the processingunit constructs the message 6 based on the message
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A secondentity identity validity verification device for performing identityvalidity verification together with a first entity identity validityverification device with a first trusted third party device and a secondtrusted third party device being involved, the second entity identityvalidity verification device comprising: a processing unit configured togenerate a random number R_(B); a storage unit configured to storeidentity information I_(B) of the second entity identity validityverification device; and a transceiving unit configured to transmit amessage 1 and receive a message 6 transmitted by the first entityidentity validity verification device, wherein the message 1 comprisesI_(B) and R_(B), the message 6 comprises a first signature of the secondtrusted third party device, wherein signature objects of the firstsignature of the second trusted third party device comprise Res_(A) andR_(B), wherein Res_(A) is a verification result of verifying the firstentity identity validity verification device by the first trusted thirdparty device, wherein wherein the message 6 received by the transceivingunit is constructed as follows, the message 1 transmitted by thetransceiving unit to the first entity identity validity verificationdevice is used by the first entity identity validity verification deviceto construct a message 2, wherein the message 2 comprises identityinformation I_(A) of the first entity identity validity verificationdevice, a random number R_(A) generated by the first entity identityvalidity verification device, the identity information I_(B) of thesecond entity identity validity verification device, and the randomnumber R_(B); the message 2 is transmitted by the first entity identityvalidity verification device to the first trusted third party device,and the first trusted third party device verifies the identity of thefirst entity identity validity verification device based on I_(A), andthe first trusted third party device constructs a message 3 based on themessage 2, wherein the message 3 comprises a random number R_(TPA)generated by the first trusted third party device and a token TokenTPAB,wherein TokenTPAB comprises Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and a first signatureof the first trusted third party device, wherein signature objects ofthe first signature of the first trusted third party device compriseRes_(A), I_(B) and R_(B); the message 3 is transmitted by the firsttrusted third party device to the second trusted third party device, andthe second trusted third party device verifies the first signature ofthe first trusted third party device in TokenTPAB; after the firstsignature of the first trusted third party device passes theverification performed by the second trusted third party device, thesecond trusted third party device verifies the identity of the secondentity identity validity verification device based on I_(B), and thesecond trusted third party device constructs a message 4 based on themessage 3, wherein the message 4 comprises a token TokenTPBA, whereinTokenTPBA comprises Res_(B), a first signature of the second trustedthird party device, and a second signature of the second trusted thirdparty device, wherein Res_(B) is a verification result of verifying thesecond entity identity validity verification device by the secondtrusted third party device, and signature objects of the secondsignature of the second trusted third party device comprise R_(TPA) andRes_(B); the message 4 is transmitted by the second trusted third partydevice to the first trusted third party device, and the first trustedthird party device verifies the second signature of the second trustedthird party device in TokenTPBA; after the second signature of thesecond trusted third party device passes the verification performed bythe first trusted third party device, the first trusted third partydevice checks whether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same asthe random number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the firsttrusted third party device to the second trusted third party device; ifR_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random numberR_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the first trusted third partydevice to the second trusted third party device, the first trusted thirdparty device constructs a message 5 based on the message 4, wherein themessage 5 comprises a token TokenTA, wherein TokenTA comprises Res_(A),Res_(B), a second signature of the first trusted third party device, andthe first signature of the second trusted third party device, whereinsignature objects of the second signature of the first trusted thirdparty device comprise Res_(B) and R_(A); the message 5 is transmitted bythe first trusted third party device to the first entity identityvalidity verification device, and the first entity identity validityverification device verifies the second signature of the first trustedthird party device in TokenTA; after the second signature of the firsttrusted third party device passes the verification performed by thefirst entity identity validity verification device, the first entityidentity validity verification device checks whether R_(A) acquired fromthe message 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message 2transmitted by the first entity identity validity verification device tothe first trusted third party device; if the R_(A) acquired from themessage 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message 2transmitted by the first entity identity validity verification device tothe first trusted third party device, the first entity identity validityverification device determines the validity of the identity of thesecond entity identity validity verification device based on theverification result Res_(B), and the first entity identity validityverification device constructs the message 6 based on the message 5; theprocessing unit is further configured to: verify the first signature ofthe second trusted third party device; check whether R_(B) acquired fromthe message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1transmitted by the second entity identity validity verification deviceto the first entity identity validity verification device; and determinevalidity of an identity of the first entity identity validityverification device based on the verification result Res_(A).
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Afirst trusted third party device for being involved in identity validityverification between a first entity identity validity verificationdevice and a second entity identity validity verification devicetogether with a second trusted third party device, the first trustedthird party device comprising: a transceiving unit configured to receivea message 2 transmitted by the first entity identity validityverification device, wherein the message 2 comprises identityinformation I_(A) of the first entity identity validity verificationdevice, a random number R_(A) generated by the first entity identityvalidity verification device, identity information I_(B) of the secondentity identity validity verification device, and a random number R_(B)generated by the second entity identity validity verification device;and a processing unit configured to verify an identity of the firstentity identity validity verification device based on I_(A), wherein thetransceiving unit is further configured to transmit a message 3 to thesecond trusted third party device, wherein the message 3 comprises arandom number R_(TPA) generated by the first trusted third party deviceand a token TokenTPAB, wherein TokenTPAB comprises Res_(A), I_(B),R_(B), and a first signature of the first trusted third party device,wherein Res_(A) is a verification result of verifying the first entityidentity validity verification device by the first trusted third partydevice, and signature objects of the first signature of the firsttrusted third party device comprise Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B); thetransceiving unit is further configured to receive a message 4transmitted by the second trusted third party device, wherein themessage 4 comprises a token TokenTPBA, wherein TokenTPBA comprisesRes_(B), a first signature of the second trusted third party device, anda second signature of the second trusted third party device, whereinRes_(B) is a verification result of verifying the second entity identityvalidity verification device by the second trusted third party device,signature objects of the first signature of the second trusted thirdparty device comprise Res_(A) and R_(B), and signature objects of thesecond signature of the second trusted third party device compriseR_(TPA) and Res_(B); the processing unit is further configured to:verify the second signature of the second trusted third party device inTokenTPBA; check whether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the sameas the random number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the firsttrusted third party device to the second trusted third party device; andconstruct a message 5, wherein the message 5 comprises a token TokenTA,wherein TokenTA comprises Res_(A), Res_(B), a second signature of thefirst trusted third party device, and the first signature of the secondtrusted third party device, wherein signature objects of the secondsignature of the first trusted third party device comprise Res_(B) andR_(A); and the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit themessage 5 to the first entity identity validity verification device,wherein the message 5 transmitted by the transceiving unit isconstructed as follows, a message 1 is transmitted by the second entityidentity validity verification device to the first entity identityvalidity verification device, wherein the message 1 comprises identityinformation I_(B) of the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and a random number R generated by the second entity identityvalidity verification device, and the first entity identity validityverification device constructs the message 2 based on the message 1; themessage 2 is transmitted by the first entity identity validityverification device to the transceiving unit, and the first trustedthird party device constructs the message 3 based on the message 2; themessage 3 is transmitted by the transceiving unit to the second trustedthird party device, and the second trusted third party device verifiesthe first signature of the first trusted third party device inTokenTPAB; after the first signature of the first trusted third partydevice passes the verification performed by the second trusted thirdparty device, the second trusted third party device verifies theidentity of the second entity identity validity verification devicebased on I_(B), and the second trusted third party device constructs themessage 4 based on the message 3; the message 4 is transmitted by thesecond trusted third party device to the transceiving unit, and thefirst trusted third party device constructs the message 5 based on themessage 4, wherein the message 5 is transmitted by the transceiving unitto the first entity identity validity verification device, the firstentity identity validity verification device verifies the secondsignature of the first trusted third party device in TokenTA; after thesecond signature of the first trusted third party device passes theverification performed by the first entity identity validityverification device, the first entity identity validity verificationdevice checks whether R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same asthe random number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the first entityidentity validity verification device to the first trusted third partydevice; if the R_(A) acquired from the message 5 is the same as therandom number R_(A) in the message 2 transmitted by the first entityidentity validity verification device to the first trusted third partydevice, the first entity identity validity verification devicedetermines the validity of the identity of the second entity identityvalidity verification device based on the verification result Res_(B),and constructs a message 6 based on the message 5, wherein the message 6comprises the first signature of the second trusted third party device;and the message 6 is transmitted by the first entity identity validityverification device to the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and the second entity identity validity verification deviceverifies the first signature of the second trusted third party device;after the first signature of the second trusted third party devicepasses the verification performed by the second entity identity validityverification device, the second entity identity validity verificationdevice checks whether R_(B) acquired from the message 6 is the same asthe random number R_(B) in the message 1 transmitted by the secondentity identity validity verification device to the first entityidentity validity verification device; if the R_(B) acquired from themessage 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1transmitted by the second entity identity validity verification deviceto the first entity identity validity verification device, the secondentity identity validity verification device determines the validity ofthe identity of the first entity identity validity verification devicebased on the verification result Res_(A).
 16. The first trusted thirdparty device according to claim 15, wherein in a process that the firsttrusted third party device TTP_(A) verifies the identity of the firstentity identity validity verification device based on I_(A) after themessage 2 transmitted by the first entity identity validity verificationdevice is received by the first trusted third party device TTP_(A), theprocessing unit is further configured to: extract a public key P_(A) ofthe first entity identity validity verification device in a case thatI_(A) is a distinguisher of the first entity identity validityverification device; and check validity of a certificate Cert_(A) of thefirst entity identity validity verification device in a case that I_(A)is the certificate Cert_(A) of the first entity identity validityverification device.
 17. The first trusted third party device accordingto claim 15, wherein R_(TPA) is replaced with R_(A).
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A secondtrusted third party device for being involved in identity validityverification between a first entity identity validity verificationdevice and a second entity identity validity verification devicetogether with a first trusted third party device, the second trustedthird party device comprising: a transceiving unit configured to receivea message 3 transmitted by the first trusted third party device, whereinthe message 3 comprises a random number R_(TPA) generated by the firsttrusted third party device and a token TokenTPAB, wherein TokenTPABcomprises Res_(A), I_(B), R_(B), and a first signature of the firsttrusted third party device, wherein Res_(A) is a verification result ofverifying the first entity identity validity verification device by thefirst trusted third party device, I_(B) is identity information of thesecond entity identity validity verification device, R_(B) is a randomnumber generated by the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and signature objects of the first signature of the firsttrusted third party device comprise Res_(A), I_(B) and R_(B); and aprocessing unit configured to verify the first signature of the firsttrusted third party device in TokenTPAB and verify an identity of thesecond entity identity validity verification device based on I_(B);wherein the transceiving unit is further configured to transmit amessage 4 to the first trusted third party device, wherein the message 4comprises a token TokenTPBA, wherein TokenTPBA comprises Res_(B), afirst signature of the second trusted third party device, and a secondsignature of the second trusted third party device, wherein Res_(B) is averification result of verifying the second entity identity validityverification device by the second trusted third party device, signatureobjects of the first signature of the second trusted third party devicecomprise Res_(A) and R_(B), and signature objects of the secondsignature of the second trusted third party device comprise R_(TPA) andRes_(B), wherein the message 4 transmitted by the transceiving unit isconstructed as follows, a message 1 is transmitted by the second entityidentity validity verification device to the first entity identityvalidity verification device, wherein the message 1 comprises identityinformation I_(B) of the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and a random number R generated by the second entity identityvalidity verification device, and the first entity identity validityverification device constructs a message 2 based on the message 1, themessage 2 comprises identity information I_(A) of the first entityidentity validity verification device, a random number R_(A) generatedby the first entity identity validity verification device, the identityinformation I_(B) of the second entity identity validity verificationdevice, and the random number R_(B); the message 2 is transmitted by thefirst entity identity validity verification device to the first trustedthird party device, and the first trusted third party device verifiesthe identity of the first entity identity validity verification devicebased on I_(A), and the first trusted third party device constructs themessage 3 based on the message 2; the message 3 is transmitted by thefirst trusted third party device to the transceiving unit, and thesecond trusted third party device constructs the message 4 based on themessage 3; wherein the message 4 is transmitted by the transceiving unitto the first trusted third party device, and the first trusted thirdparty device verifies the second signature of the second trusted thirdparty device in TokenTPBA; after the second signature of the secondtrusted third party device passes the verification performed by thefirst trusted third party device, the first trusted third party devicechecks whether R_(TPA) acquired from the message 4 is the same as therandom number R_(TPA) in the message 3 transmitted by the first trustedthird party device to the second trusted third party device; if R_(TPA)acquired from the message 4 is the same as the random number R_(TPA) inthe message 3 transmitted by the first trusted third party device to thesecond trusted third party device, the first trusted third party deviceconstructs a message 5 based on the message 4, wherein the message 5comprises a token TokenTA, wherein TokenTA comprises Res_(A), Res_(B), asecond signature of the first trusted third party device, and the firstsignature of the second trusted third party device, wherein signatureobjects of the second signature of the first trusted third party devicecomprise Res_(B) and R_(A); the message 5 is transmitted by the firsttrusted third party device to the first entity identity validityverification device, and the first entity identity validity verificationdevice verifies the second signature of the first trusted third partydevice in TokenTA; after the second signature of the first trusted thirdparty device passes the verification performed by the first entityidentity validity verification device, the first entity identityvalidity verification device checks whether R_(A) acquired from themessage 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message 2transmitted by the first entity identity validity verification device tothe first trusted third party device; if the R_(A) acquired from themessage 5 is the same as the random number R_(A) in the message 2transmitted by the first entity identity validity verification device tothe first trusted third party device, the first entity identity validityverification device determines the validity of the identity of thesecond entity identity validity verification device based on theverification result Res_(B), and constructs a message 6 based on themessage 5, wherein the message 6 comprises the first signature of thesecond trusted third party device; the message 6 is transmitted by thefirst entity identity validity verification device to the second entityidentity validity verification device, and the second entity identityvalidity verification device verifies the first signature of the secondtrusted third party device; after the first signature of the secondtrusted third party device passes the verification performed by thesecond entity identity validity verification device, the second entityidentity validity verification device checks whether R_(B) acquired fromthe message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) in the message 1transmitted by the second entity identity validity verification deviceto the first entity identity validity verification device; if the R_(B)acquired from the message 6 is the same as the random number R_(B) inthe message 1 transmitted by the second entity identity validityverification device to the first entity identity validity verificationdevice, the second entity identity validity verification devicedetermines the validity of the identity of the first entity identityvalidity verification device based on the verification result Res_(A).19. The second trusted third party device according to claim 18, whereinin a process that the second trusted third party device verifies theidentity of the second entity identity validity verification devicebased on I_(B) after the message 3 transmitted by the first trustedthird party device is received by the second trusted third party device,the processing unit is further configured to: extract a public key P_(B)of the second entity identity validity verification device in a casethat I_(B) is a distinguisher of the second entity identity validityverification device; and check validity of a certificate Cert_(B) of thesecond entity identity validity verification device in a case that I_(B)is the certificate Cert_(B) of the second entity identity validityverification device.
 20. The second trusted third party device accordingto claim 18, wherein R_(TPA) is replaced with R_(A).